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Blog – Crystal Lee Writes

Where We Call Home

I carry you in my smileThough seas sometimes separate us, and often our sunsets differI carry you in the way I loveThough FaceTime temporarily mends the missing And phone calls attempt to fill the distance I carry you in my everyday happenings In the way I love animals, the ocean, and gazing at the stars … Read more

Another Year Around The Sun

Thirty-two. Birthdays are different after loss. There’s a family member absent at the table. One less person to cut a slice of cake for. One smile missing from the photographs taken around the fire on winter nights. Birthdays are different when simultaneously grieving and healing. It’s the sacred dance of sorrow and joy; the rebuilding … Read more

To Catch Sunlight In A Bottle

Love cannot be quantified Any more than you can trap sunlight in a bottle Can you count the amount of rays with your naked eye? Or do you feel its warmth against your skin and accept its presence? Love cannot be quantified And oh how presumptuous we would be to attempt to measure it! Do … Read more

An Artist’s Dream

Melanie dreamt of being an artist all her life – and she was, for a time. Her paintings had been on show in bespoke galleries around the town, and she had met a small group of admirers, who often emailed her to purchase some of her canvases, and gushed over how her work made them … Read more

The Fall Of Eden

In the beginning, the Creator moulded man from the dirt of the earth and breathed life in him. Fashioned in the artist’s likeness, man moved upon the planet and took guardianship over every living thing, his hands both a masterpiece and a maker. He named each animal one by one, tending to the land and … Read more